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Nancy Northup to Testify at NYC City Council Hearing on CPCs

11.15.10 - Tomorrow afternoon, Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, will be testifying before the New York City Council in support of a recently introduced bill that will regulate the deceptive practices [...]

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CRR in the Field: Payal Shah

Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]

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Center Cites Critical Role of Courts as the House, Senate, Governorships and State Legislatures Become More Anti-Choice

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights highlighted the important role of the courts in protecting reproductive rights in light of the 2010 midterm election results. The House of Representatives likely gained at least [...]

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Center Releases Updated Report on Manila City’s Ban on Modern Contraception

For ten years, a devastating ban on modern contraceptives in Manila City, the Philippines, has denied women their basic right to protect their health and decide whether and when to have children. The Center and [...]

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We Look Forward to Seeing You!

Thank you so much for registering for "Are Your Reproductive Rights on the Line?" A confirmation has been emailed to you. We look forward to seeing you on November 10, 2010 at 6:30pm. If you [...]

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Annual Report: Defending Reproductive Rights

Since its inception, the Center for Reproductive Rights has catalyzed the power of law and the moral force of human rights standards to attain reproductive self-determination for women around the world. Our pioneering litigation, tireless [...]

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Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-Positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities

More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations. The Center's newest fact-finding report, Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-Positive [...]

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UN to Nicaragua: Youth Have the Right to Contraception and Safe Abortion

This week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child  (CRC) sent a clear and urgent message to Nicaragua: adolescents must have access to safe, legal, and confidential sexual and reproductive health services, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Center Named Top Reproductive Rights Non-Profit by Philanthropic Experts

(PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights is honored to be named one of the top high-impact organizations working on women's reproductive health, rights, and justice by the philanthropic organization Philanthropedia. This year, Philanthropedia surveyed [...]

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Celebrating World Contraception Day

Did you know that the average U.S. woman who wants two children will spend five years pregnant, or trying to get pregnant, and 30 years trying to avoid pregnancy? Or that 215 million women worldwide [...]

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Whose Choice: Download Report

How does Hyde affect a woman, the family she is working to take care of, and her community? This is the story that the new report, Whose Choice? How the Hyde Amendment Harms Poor Women, [...]

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Whose Choice: A Timeline of the Hyde Amendment and Its Impact on Abortion Funding

When abortion was first legalized in 1973, federal funds were available to low-income women seeking medically necessary abortions who were reliant on the government for healthcare. In fact, at that time federal Medicaid funds paid [...]

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Whose Choice: Press Room

  Requests for interviews: Dionne Scott, Senior Press Officer (917) 637-3649 [email protected] If you are a reporter working on deadline during non-business hours, please send an email including your telephone number to our Senior Press [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.